Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2010
Abstract
Social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter can help employees enhance a company’s marketing, recruiting, security, and safety. However, employee’s use of social networking sites and employers’ access of those sites can result in illegal and unethical behavior, such as discrimination and privacy invasions. Companies must gauge whether and how to rely upon employees’ use of personal social networking sites and how much freedom employees should have in using networks inside and outside of the companies. This research summarizes the latest legal and ethical issues regarding employee use of social networks and provides recommended corporate policies.
Copyright Statement
This document was originally published by the College of Business at the University of Arkansas - Fort Smith in the Advances in Business Research. This work is provided under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license. Details regarding the use of this work can be found at: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/.
Publication Information
Kaupins, Gundars and Park, Susan. (2010). "Legal and Ethical Issues Associated with Employee Use of Social Networks". Advances in Business Research, 1(1), 82-93.
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